Cyral was founded just as the adoption of SaaS databases, pipelines and data warehouses hit a tipping point. The transition to this new data layer architecture, much like the transition to microservices at the application layer and containers at the infrastructure layer, was further unshackling users and speeding up development. However, embracing these trends made it much harder for security teams to keep track of their crown jewels — their sensitive data.
Our founding team comes from the world of databases, compilers, and application proxies. As we watched engineering teams benefit from the same innovations that were creating problems for security teams, we began to envision a solution rooted in providing observability across all endpoints of the modern data layer -- one that would allow all teams to operate at the highest level of productivity, agility and security.
We believed it was time to build not just a modern cloud security service, but also a modern cloud security company. One that all technologists and engineers would want to work with. It was from this conviction that Cyral was born.
Our founding team comes from the world of databases, compilers, and application proxies. As we watched engineering teams benefit from the same innovations that were creating problems for security teams, we began to envision a solution rooted in providing observability across all endpoints of the modern data layer -- one that would allow all teams to operate at the highest level of productivity, agility and security.
We believed it was time to build not just a modern cloud security service, but also a modern cloud security company. One that all technologists and engineers would want to work with. It was from this conviction that Cyral was born.
Location: United States, California, Redwood City
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $37M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | A.Capital ... | acapital.c... |
| - | Silicon Va... | svci.io |
| - | Redpoint V... | redpoint.c... |
| - | Costanoa V... | costanoa.v... |
| - | Landmark V... | landmarkve... |
| - | Costanoa V... | costanoavc... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 13.05.2021 | - | $26M | - |
| 20.01.2020 | Series A | $11M | - |
Mentions in press and media 14
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.10.2022 | Cyral Launches Risk-Based Data Security Governance to Stop Million-Record Data Breaches | Platform update allows security leaders to discover and set exfiltration caps on sensitive data in addition to industry-leading least privilege and auditing controls for databases Cyral, a leader in cloud-native data security, is putting an... |
| 02.12.2021 | Amazon Web Services security: 5 issues startups aim to fix | Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more Even with all the challenges of securing the cloud, cybersecurity has actually evolved into on... |
| 02.12.2021 | Amazon Web Services security: 5 issues startups aim to fix | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Even with all the challenges of securing the clou... |
| 13.05.2021 | Cyral Receives $26M | MILPITAS, CA, Cyral today announced $26 million in additional funding from existing investors. >> Click here for more funding data on Cyral >> To export Cyral funding data to PDF and Excel, click here Cyral, the first dat... |
| 13.05.2021 | Data governance and security startup Cyral raises $26M | Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Data security and governance startup Cyral today announced it has raised $26 million, bringing its total to date to $41.1 million. The company plans to put the fund... |
| 13.05.2021 | Data governance and security startup Cyral raises $26M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Data security and governance startup Cyral today ... |
| 13.05.2021 | Cyral : Closes $26 Million in New Financing as Customer Demand Soars | Cyral, the first data security and governance solution built for the modern data cloud and the DevOps-first world, today announced $26 million in additional funding from existing investors, Redpoint, Costanoa Ventures and A.Capital and a st... |
| 08.09.2020 | How Diffblue uses AI to automate unit testing for Java applications | Image: JIRAROJ PRADITCHAROENKUL, Getty Images/iStockphoto Let’s do some math. Developers are critically important to every business, and they’re not cheap. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual salary for a software... |
| 25.03.2020 | Data-layer security is a new imperative as employees telecommute due to coronavirus | https://d1rytvr7gmk1sx.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200320-Roundtable-Karen-TR.mp4 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought all sorts of societal changes, including emerging needs to think about security differently, as HackerOne CE... |
| 20.01.2020 | Cyral nabs $11M Series A to protect cloud data and help companies prevent data breaches | Not a day goes by without headlines on data breaches. The cost of data breach continues to skyrocket. According to a recent IBM study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, data breaches cost American companies on average more than $8 million ... |
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